Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.060 (2026)

Commissions and allowances

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      646.060 Commissions and allowances. No person engaged in commerce or food commerce, or both, in the course of such commerce, shall pay, grant, receive or accept anything of value as a commission, brokerage or other compensation, or any allowance or discount in lieu thereof, except for services rendered in connection with the sale or purchase of goods, wares, service, or output of a service trade, or merchandise. In all such transactions of sale and purchase, neither party to the transaction shall pay or grant anything of value as a commission, brokerage or other compensation, or any allowance or discount in lieu thereof, to the other party to the transaction or to any agent, representative or other intermediary therein, where such agent, representative or other intermediary is acting for or in behalf of or is subject to the direct or indirect control of the other party to the transaction.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1964–1973 · leading case: Liggett v. Lester, 390 P.2d 351 (Or. 1964).
Liggett v. Lester, 390 P.2d 351 (Or. 1964). “, ORS 646.060 (prohibiting commissions, allowances or discounts except for service rendered); Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, ch 592, §§ 1, 3, 49 Stat 1526, 1528 (1936), 15 USC §§ 13 -13a (1958).”
W. J. Seufert Land Co. v. Nat'l Restaurant Supply Co., 511 P.2d 363 (Or. 1973). · cites it 10× “” Defendant contends that the federal RobinsonPatman Act, 15 USC § 13 (c), “pre-empts the area of interstate commerce to which plaintiff contends ORS 646.060 applies,” with the result that it is “either unconstitutional or unenforceable,” unless construed to have been intended…”
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